Apocope of*thuan, fromProto-Albanian*(a)tsāna,[1]fromProto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-(“sharp”) (compareLithuanianašni̇̀s(“blade edge”),Ancient Greekἄκανος(ákanos,“pine thistle”),Englishawn(“bristle of barley”)).
thua m (pluralthonj, definitethoi, definite pluralthonjtë)
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | thua | thoi | thonj | thonjtë |
accusative | thoin | |||
dative | thoi | thoit | thonjve | thonjve |
ablative | thonjsh |
thua f
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading ofChinese輸(“to lose”,SV:thâu).